C-Rig Line

I’m fishing grassy bottoms and wanting presences on what line you prefer out of braid or Flouro for these hot summer days. Thanks for any advice and opinions. Tight lines. Be safe

Lots of guys will say braid mainline with a fluoro, mono or co-polymer leader. I prefer 20 pound fluoro, straight.

15lb fluro then below the swivel 12lb mono, keeps the bait up off the bottom just a tad

I'm liking this setup....i just figured the braid would scare off the bigguns w/ lock jaws

That's a wives tale. The ONLY thing that will keep your bait off the bottom is a bait that will float your hook. And there are very few of those. Secondly, when using a CRig, you don't want your bait up off the bottom. It is a presentation specifically for fish relating to the bottom. If they're up off the bottom, there are much better options than the ball and chain. You want your weight, bead, swivel and bait to maintain bottom contact at all times.

I prefer 50lb Power Pro braid for my main line....below the swivel is 20lb Big Game Green.
Success.....as pictured.

I'll add one to the mix... 20 LB Copolymer mainline and 15 lb Copolymer leader.

Nice fish man!....do you use the power pro slick or the regular ???

Straight 15lb big game for main and leader

50lb braid, 20lb mono

20lb flouro main and 17lb flouro leader. It’s all a confidence thing in my opinion. I think we as bass fisherman over think a lot of situations and techniques.

if they have lock jaw, are in a foul mood, or just not eating, a rig is not the best presentation IMO. In that circumstance i have better success with a reaction strike on a moving bait than a feeding presentation.

Some guys swear braid mainline scares the fish. However i have been out-rigged by a guy with braid ml when i am using fluoro, and i have been out-rigged by a guy with fluoro when i am using braid. The common theme here is its not hard to out-fish me regardless of the line type

I would guess i have spent several thousand hours dragging a rig around tx waters, after much experimenting i just go braid main line. If i am not getting bit then i switch up to a jig on fluoro. YMMV

I use braid maid main line and then put a copolymer leader on it. I put McCoys Mean Green on as leader and it is strong and has a little stretch to it and almost no memory. Hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

I use the regular....lasts forever.

Brain main 40 or 50 lb...flouro leader after swivel

I’m going to set the over/under at 5 for number of times you post that picture.

20lb fluorocarbon mainline and leader all the way for stained water. 20lb fluoro mainline with a 15-17lb fluoro leader for clearer water.

Anyone fish it without a swivel but a bobber stop instead?

Same but I’m using 20lb fluro with 14lb mono leader.

I use 65 lb braid, 1oz tungsten weight, 3-4 foot InvisX 20lb leader. I use a Biffle bug when fishing grass. I stuff a foam ear plug in its "rattle chamber". It floats very well. Works well too.

If I'm fishing rocky bottom stuff, I'll simply use a zoom lizard.


The 65 lb braid is to save the $10 weight and Spro swivel.

Just making a point Frank.....and making it well I might add.

Only on very light line, 12-18" leader with no more than a 1/4 oz. weight. KILLER pre-spawn rig, especially around the edges of grass. Otherwise, I'm throwing 3/4 or 1 oz weights and the stops just aren't suited for that set-up.

Steez, I like the earplug deal.

m.f.

Dang it! Did I type that out loud?! Ha

I use 15 lb big game main line to swivel and 12 lb big game to bait. I use this set-up almost all year. I fish a c-rig way to much and fish it from 6" to 30'.

Thank you sir

That Biffle bug looks Sexyyyyyyyyy

I thought I was the only one to use the foam ear plug technique .

Winner!

Nope, I put one in a tube bait with a split shop about 4 inches from the bait. It's simply magic on bedding fish.

Braid and 12# mono

THIS

20lb Seaguar Inviszx main line....12-14lb mono, which ever spool I take it off of...and a 2/0 straight shank hook

50lb braid with 20lb fluorocarbon leader.

After watching underwater video of C-rig tests with mono and flouro leaders and usual plastics - I agree - leader material makes no discernible difference. The plastic is just being drug along the bottom with either mono or flouro leader.

Hopping or pulling the C-rig weigh up off bottom probably gives the plastic a different look from a T-rig, jig, etc. But otherwise makes one wonder if using a C-rig has any real advantage over other bottom-crawling techniques.

20# inviszx all the way to the hook, 1oz weight,two glass beads with two carolina keepers

* Hopping on YouTube now *

Looks at self in mirror and fingers guns himself and winks at himself ^^^^^

This is so true. Your bait moves more freely on a C-rig but it does not float unless you use a bait that will float the weight of the hook.

20# Big Game mono main line with 15# Big Game mono leader.

It's more of a matter of efficiency in deep water. A C-rig is just more efficient in deepwater than a TX rig. Doesn't take long for a 1 oz weight to hit bottom in 25 feet. Experience has also taught me that a 1 oz weight banging around on the bottom will get more bites than a 3/4 oz weight. The bigger weight kicks up the silt better and makes more commotion on the bottom which I believe draws more strikes.

There are exceptions to every rule but I fish a 1 oz bullet weight even in water as shallow as 8 feet if cover allows.

Can't argue with the bigger C-rig weight. That was driven home a number of years ago on a guide trip at Falcon - upsizing from 1 oz C-rig weight to 1 1/2 oz made significant difference in results.

I use 20# fluorocarbon line as a main line for strength, sensitivity and controlled stretch. I used to use braid as a main line but I fish the C-rig around a lot of timber and when the weight gets hung I can get it to pop loose better with a line with some stretch than with braid that has no stretch. I use P Line CXX in 15# test as a leader because of its strength and abrasion resistance.

I tested tungsten weights vs lead weights and since I don't fish it around rocks, I did not see any advantage that tungsten had over lead and lead is WAY cheaper.

Can't look at self in mirror without painful regret......sorry Frank.
But you're a giant Richard sometimes.

I’m just messin with ya man. That’s why I put the grin. Good on ya for a nice fish. I love c-rig fishing. It’s a blast.

Y’all are schooling me on the foam ear plug stuff- I had not thought about that - very cool.